On Kentucky Tonight, airing Monday, June 24, Renee Shaw talks with a guest panel about progress and opportunities in southwestern Kentucky, recorded a week earlier in a special taping from the Al Hambra Theatre in downtown Hopkinsville.   

Guests on the program include:

• • State Rep. Jason Petrie, Republican from Elkton and chair of the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
• • Wayne Hunt, chairman and CEO of H&R Agri-Power
• • Carter Hendricks, executive director of the Southwestern Kentucky Economic Development Council
• • Madisonville Mayor Kevin Cotton
• • Elizabeth McCoy, president and CEO of Planter’s Bank
• • Alissa Young, Ed.D., president and CEO of Hopkinsville Community College
• • Elizabeth Griffith Mudd, president of Kentucky Lake Economic Development
• • Jennifer Brown, editor and publisher of the Hoptown Chronicle

Kentucky Tonight
KET Monday, June 24 • 8/7 pm
Watch on-demand at KET.org and the PBS App

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